Plastic bottles are bringing light to the poorest parts of world

A project called 'Liter of Light' is hoping to bring light to places that need it most, by using DIY lamps made from plastic bottles. Mashable caught up with the founder of the project to hear how it works and find out who can benefit.  

One of the immediate impacts of a natural disaster, like the hurricane that recently wreaked havoc in Haiti, is that it's often followed by darkness. It takes months for aid, and in this case light, to reach the most remote places.  

On a daily basis, more than 1.5 billion people face similar darkness, or at best the dim glow of candlelights or kerosene lamps, whose fumes are poisonous.  Read more...